Patent Application Encyclopedia

The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.

If within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the essence or details of the invention are maliciously disclosed, or exhibited by the inventor in an international or official exhibition, the invention does not lose its novelty.

Utility models in Hungary are subject to formal and substantive examinations, but not novelty and inventive steps.

MOIC only conducts formality examination on designs.

KIPO conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. Only after the application documents meet the conditions of formality examination, KIPO will assign the patent to the application number. Publication is completed within 18 months from the filing date/priority date. The applicant/interested party shall submit a substantive examination request no later than 5 years from the filing date. Once an examination request is made, it cannot be withdrawn, and KIPO conducts examination in the order in which the examination requests are filed. Patent applications that meet the grant conditions will be granted.

International Patent Registration Center, Industrial Property Division, Ministry of Economy, United Arab Emirates

English: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MINISTRY OF ECONOMY International Center for Patent Registration Ministry of Economy, abbreviation: ICPR

Website: الصفحة الرئيسية | وزارة الاقتصاد - الإمارات العربية المتحدة (moec.gov.ae)

20 years. Patented medicines and plant protection new varieties can obtain an additional 5-year renewal period, and children's medicines can obtain an additional half-year patent protection period.

IPOM conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the invention patent application, and the substantive examination starts automatically, and the applicant does not need to make a specific request.

Argentine Industrial Property Institute

English: Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial, Abbreviation: INPI

Website: Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial | Argentina.gob.ar

Argentine invention patent search: Buscar patentes de invención o modelos de utilidad | Argentina.gob.ar

Mongolian Intellectual Property Office

English: Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia, Abbreviation: IPOM

Website: Улсын бүртгэлийн ерөнхий газар (burtgel.gov.mn)

Bulgarian Patent and Trademark Office

English: Bulgarian Patent Office, abbreviation: BPO

Website: Патентното ведомство на Република България (bpo.bg)

Bulgarian Utility Model Patent Search: BPO Online - portal.bpo.bg

20 years, and the protection can be extended to 25 years for pesticides or medicines.

1-6 months

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.

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Restoration of priority will not be accepted.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.

The PPO conducts formal and substantive examinations of invention patent applications. There is no need to file a request for substantive examination, and the substantive examination starts automatically.

A 12-month novelty grace period is available if:

• Disclosure of designs at exhibitions held or recognized by Taiwan authorities

• Disclosure of Disclosures Without the Applicant's Consent

  The design application shall be submitted to TIPO within 6 months after the above disclosure and the corresponding evidence shall be submitted.